Founders Fund

Founders Fund, Inc. is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, established in 2005. The firm specializes in investing across various stages, including seed, early, mid, and growth stages, with a focus on transformative technologies. Founders Fund targets a wide range of sectors, such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, biotechnology, cybersecurity, energy, fintech, and consumer internet. The firm aims to support companies that are developing revolutionary technologies and typically invests between $500,000 and $300 million in its portfolio companies. Founders Fund's partners have a strong background in technology, having been investors, founders, and early employees of notable technology companies, including PayPal. The firm seeks to make investments globally, emphasizing innovation and impact.

Delian Asparouhov

Principal

Leigh Marie Braswell

Principal

Lauren Gross

Partner and COO

Jeffrey Lonsdale

Managing Director, Asia

John Luttig

Principal

Amin Mirzadegan

Principal

Scott Nolan

Partner

Luke Nosek

Managing Partner

Neil Ruthven

CFO

Brian Singerman

Partner

Napoleon Ta

Partner

Matias Van Thienen

Principal

Past deals in Residential Real Estate

Roam

Series A in 2025
Roam is the platform for affordable home ownership. Roam helps homebuyers purchase their next home with a low-interest rate mortgage included.

Roam

Seed Round in 2024
Roam is the platform for affordable home ownership. Roam helps homebuyers purchase their next home with a low-interest rate mortgage included.

Roam

Seed Round in 2023
Roam is the platform for affordable home ownership. Roam helps homebuyers purchase their next home with a low-interest rate mortgage included.

Mudafy

Series A in 2022
Mudafy is a real estate broker based in Mexico City, Mexico, specializing in the Latin American market. Founded in 2018, the company utilizes a technology-driven platform to enhance the buying, selling, and renting processes for homeowners. Mudafy offers a comprehensive suite of services, including support from registered professional brokers and a team of marketing and photography experts who help create appealing property portfolios. This approach aims to streamline the real estate experience for users, making it easier to navigate the complexities of property transactions.

Culdesac

Series A in 2022
Culdesac Inc. is a real estate developer based in San Francisco, California, focused on creating car-free neighborhoods in the United States. Founded in 2018, the company is currently developing its first project in Tempe, Arizona, which aims to be the first car-free residential community built from scratch in the country. This innovative neighborhood will feature no parking spaces for residents, instead providing facilities for visitors, including grocery stores, coffee shops, coworking spaces, and market halls. By promoting eco-friendly living, Culdesac encourages residents to engage with their surroundings directly, enhancing their quality of life and fostering community interaction. The company has secured $17 million in venture funding from notable investors, including Khosla Ventures, Zigg Capital, and Initialized Capital.

Up&Up

Series B in 2021
Up&Up is a New York-based platform that facilitates fractional homeownership, providing a unique approach to renting and owning a home. Founded in 2017, the company allows renters to invest in their rental properties, enabling them to benefit from home price appreciation and accumulate ownership stakes through their rent payments. This model aims to make homeownership more accessible and flexible, allowing residents to build equity while maintaining the convenience of renting. By offering a rewarding alternative to traditional rental agreements, Up&Up helps individuals work towards their homeownership goals while also minimizing maintenance and property management costs.

Mosaic

Series B in 2021
Mosaic is a construction technology company building software to make residential construction more scalable. The company operates as a digital general contractor to provide construction and related services to homebuilders and residential developers, allowing them to offload their construction processes and related needs to Mosaic’s integrated platform and team. Mosaic’s platform standardizes the construction process, and not the homes, allowing them to deliver places people love and create better communities.

Bungalow

Series C in 2021
Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that facilitates flexible and communal living arrangements for renters, particularly targeting early career professionals. Founded in 2016 by Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Bungalow signs long-term leases with homeowners to offer multi-bedroom homes in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. Each property features private bedrooms with handpicked housemates, and comes fully furnished with essential amenities such as Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping. Additionally, Bungalow organizes monthly community events to foster social interaction among residents. By addressing the needs of modern renters, Bungalow provides a convenient solution for those seeking quality living environments while cultivating a sense of community.

Sunroom Rentals

Series A in 2021
Sunroom Rentals is a real estate technology company that simplifies the leasing process for property managers, landlords, and renters. The platform offers an app that enables users to easily find, tour, apply for, and move into residential properties. It features self-showing locks for in-person viewings and provides 360-degree virtual tours for online exploration of listed homes. Additionally, Sunroom Rentals maintains a dedicated team available seven days a week to assist users throughout the rental process.

Sundae

Series B in 2020
Sundae operates a residential real estate marketplace designed to assist homeowners in selling their properties off-market. The platform caters particularly to those with dated or damaged homes, allowing sellers to bypass the traditional real estate process, which often involves cleanup, repairs, and showings. By connecting homeowners with a broad network of local investors, Sundae ensures that sellers can achieve a fair price for their properties without the unpredictability commonly associated with real estate transactions. This convenient approach enables individuals to sell their homes on their own timeline, simplifying the selling experience.

Mosaic

Series A in 2020
Mosaic is a construction technology company building software to make residential construction more scalable. The company operates as a digital general contractor to provide construction and related services to homebuilders and residential developers, allowing them to offload their construction processes and related needs to Mosaic’s integrated platform and team. Mosaic’s platform standardizes the construction process, and not the homes, allowing them to deliver places people love and create better communities.

Bungalow

Series B in 2019
Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that facilitates flexible and communal living arrangements for renters, particularly targeting early career professionals. Founded in 2016 by Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Bungalow signs long-term leases with homeowners to offer multi-bedroom homes in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. Each property features private bedrooms with handpicked housemates, and comes fully furnished with essential amenities such as Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping. Additionally, Bungalow organizes monthly community events to foster social interaction among residents. By addressing the needs of modern renters, Bungalow provides a convenient solution for those seeking quality living environments while cultivating a sense of community.

Up&Up

Venture Round in 2019
Up&Up is a New York-based platform that facilitates fractional homeownership, providing a unique approach to renting and owning a home. Founded in 2017, the company allows renters to invest in their rental properties, enabling them to benefit from home price appreciation and accumulate ownership stakes through their rent payments. This model aims to make homeownership more accessible and flexible, allowing residents to build equity while maintaining the convenience of renting. By offering a rewarding alternative to traditional rental agreements, Up&Up helps individuals work towards their homeownership goals while also minimizing maintenance and property management costs.

Bungalow

Series A in 2018
Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that facilitates flexible and communal living arrangements for renters, particularly targeting early career professionals. Founded in 2016 by Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Bungalow signs long-term leases with homeowners to offer multi-bedroom homes in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. Each property features private bedrooms with handpicked housemates, and comes fully furnished with essential amenities such as Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping. Additionally, Bungalow organizes monthly community events to foster social interaction among residents. By addressing the needs of modern renters, Bungalow provides a convenient solution for those seeking quality living environments while cultivating a sense of community.

Estately

Angel Round in 2010
[Estately]( http://www.estately.com/) is a real estate search site where users can search homes for sale on a map, view details about each home, and see what parks, schools, restaurants, transit stops and more are near each home. Estately is a licensed real estate brokerage in 30 states and a member of 60 MLS's. With Estately, users can search inside or nearby neighborhoods, zip codes or cities, and users can use text search to narrow their MLS-based home search down to Tudors, fixers, short sales, or pre-foreclosures. Estately also provides searchers information on the closest local schools (including school scores), parks, transit stops, and restaurants for every property in its database.
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